The Great Adventure of Usopp the Man

Zoro, Usopp, and Johnny turn up outside Arlong Park. So the swordsman will not throw himself recklessly at the fish-men, the other two tie him up while they go hunting for the Going Merry, which they soon find moored by a village nearby. Bold while the stronghold is behind him, Usopp loses every ounce of nerve the instant three fish-men appear beside the boat. He and Johnny plunge into the sea to flee once they are seen, leaving Zoro bound and helpless before the creatures.

Dragging themselves back onto land, the pair discover the village reduced to rubble and figure the fish-men were responsible. One of the creatures wanders back, suspicious that Zoro is on his own. Johnny finds a hiding spot, but Usopp takes off and runs straight into a boy and a woman. As the fish-man closes in on them, Usopp digs up a rare scrap of courage to defend the two, only to be clobbered unconscious by the woman herself.

The trio of Zoro, Usopp, and Johnny set foot in Cocoyasi Village, where Arlong Park stands. A woman named Nojiko enters the story and discloses that she and Nami are adopted siblings. Coming round inside her orange grove, Usopp hears from her that nobody dares stand against the fish-men, since doing so amounts to suicide. The boy at her side, Chabo of Gosa Village, has lost his father yet chooses to head home to his mother instead of seeking vengeance.

Recognizing that Nojiko bears them no ill will, Usopp admits he is searching for Nami. She then delivers the shock: Nami is her adopted sister and, more alarming still, one of the Arlong Pirates.

The color spread renders the crew as samurai in Kabukimono fashion, each bearing at least one sword, with Luffy perched atop an overturned wok and unsheathing a red-lacquered blade with his teeth. Even though Nami currently runs with Arlong's crew, the chapter still counts her among the Straw Hats in its cast list. It is also the first chapter in which Luffy turns up only on the cover, and its initial Weekly Shonen Jump printing led with a full-color opening page.